Frog pose! What a fun asana to share with you this week. When I was a little kid growing up on the central Florida coast I was a freak for the bright green tree frogs with red eyes. I loved to go outside and catch them and bring them back to show my family. My […]
How to nail your nauli—the crown of hatha practices
The first time I saw nauli I was fascinated. I HAD to learn it. The five-year-old kid in me who had entertained herself and others by rolling her stomach (vertically though…nauli is rolling sideways) was hooked. So I tried it and…surprise! It wasn’t as easy as I, a natural born abdominal roller, thought it would […]
Asana tip sheet #32 – Anjaneyasana
What strikes me most about anjaneyasana, or devotion pose, is its feeling or personality (what Rupali calls its “attitude”) of heart-opening. It always leaves my nervous system soothed and leaves me with a warm, calm afterglow. It’s also a pose I love because the physical openings rendered by devotion pose are yummy! It’s part of every bike ride I do as it opens many of the muscle groups […]
Asana tip sheet #31 – Padma mayurasana
If padma mayurasana isn’t part of your practice, be prepared to experience some unusually sensations when you attempt it. And it might take some building up to this pose in a number of ways, which is what makes it an intermediate to advance pose—and a delightful accomplishment when you finally achieve it. First, you might […]
Asana tip sheet #30 – Samasthiti
The name of this pose really says it all: Samasthiti refers to steadiness and balance, both physically and mentally. As you stand in this pose you can feel the world drop away, the chakras line up and the chitta vrittis begin to quiet down. The weight of the body begins to find balance over the […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
- …
- 7
- Next Page »
